Vertical Farm Going Up in Singapore

[via ecofriend]


"Eco-minded architecture firm TR Hamzah & Yeang, has come up with a skyscraper design for Singapore, dubbed the EDITT (Ecological Design In The Tropics) Tower."

"855 square meters of the area of this tower will be covered with solar panels that will generate enough energy to fulfill about 40% of its energy demands. The designers will also be trying to include an energy plant in the skyscraper that will convert human sewage into biogas. Another fascinating feature included is the ability to remove and add walls and floors according to demands."

"Approximately, half of the surface area of the tower will be covered with organic local vegetation. The building will have its own rain water harvesting and gray-water systems that will not only provide water for the vegetation but also for toilet flushing. "

This is good. One of the reasons that food prices are high is due to transportation costs. Also, this is interesting because it finally allows for the rural and urban to integrate. The age-old divide between these two demographic and lifestyle sets is turned on its head and used not only as an innovative food source but also as an example of how to be responsible architects.

It's a shame that America can't get their act together and bring this sort of headline-grabbing innovation back to our shores, instead we're being shown up by a city-state.